shannon: that phone call happened, 100%. good luck to you. grateful you spent the evening with us, good night from washington. i am shannon bream. jillian: it is wednesday, march 5th. this is "fox and friends first". happening at 4:00 on the east coast our border at a breaking point. a dire warning for border patrol as the homeland security secretary heads to capitol hill. what will it take for democrats to admit there is a crisis? we are live in washington. north korea up to no good. one week after the vietnam summit, new images reveal the rebuilding of the key missile test site. the morning the us just gave them. >> why are you flying today?

and to train them. heather: do as i say, not as i do. alexandria ocasio cortez wants you to give up their travel so why isn't she? the response you have to here. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ abc ♪ easy as 1-2-3 ♪ heather: you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. thank you so much for starting your day with us. let's begin with this right away. a lot of news to get through. border patrol at a breaking point.

the green morning as kirsten nielsen prepares for questioning on capitol hill today. griff jenkins joins us from washington dc as we learn 76,000 people tried to cross our border just last month. good morning. >> reporter: when kirsten nielsen appears this morning she will tell lawmakers to heed what customs and border protection are saying are troubling alarming trends. >> based on the experiences of men and women on the front line this is a border security and humanitarian crisis and we know what is driving these trends, increases in traffic, direct response to vulnerabilities in the legal system. >> reporter: according to the data there's a 300% increase in the number of family units apprehended compared to the same time period of fiscal year 2018. more family units stopped at the border in the last 5 months than

were apprehended in all of 2018. 136,000 apprehensions in the first 5 months compared to 107,000 the entire fiscal year 18. there have been 70 large groups of 100 individuals totaling 12,000 apprehensions compared to what border patrol encountered in fiscal 18 which is 13 groups. fiscal year 17 only two groups. vice president pence was in arizona touring the border in phoenix and had this to say. >> the crisis on the southern border today is overwhelming our system. any vote against the president's national emergency declaration is a vote against border security. >> reporter: is that vote nears in the senate on the house resolution to block the president's declaration, with a

never public and declarations to pass the democrats like richard blumenthal says he opposes the use of military funds being used for the border. >> diverging funds to a useless project at the border would betray our national security and men and women in uniform. >> reporter: it means overseas contingency operations. it will be interesting to see when we get this vote in the senate sometime before the 15th whether the data may influence some of the lawmakers. shannon: even these democrats released this data which would you would think warrant an emergency declaration but they say it is not an emergency even though they have the same numbers. appreciate it, we will see what happens. donald trump approving some

disaster aid for alabama in the wake of deadly tornadoes. he heads to lee county to tour the devastation firsthand, 23 people were killed in the 1 mile wide twister. 7 of them came from the same family. about half a dozen people still missing. the strongest tornado was on the ground for nearly an hour. imagine that. wents up to 170 mph. we will continue to follow that story. security check takes a tragic turn when a police officer is shot and killed. a homeowner opening fire on officer nathan heidelberg thinking he was a burglar. the 5-year department shot above his bulletproof vest in midland texas. >> we are hurting to the core. the police department has lost, it has taken us to the core. shannon: a police procession seeing too many of these, he is charged with manslaughter.

counterterror investigation, mailed explosives to 3 transportation jobs in london, and in heathrow airport, the waterloo station, igniting small fires when open. police determined stamps on the packages are from ireland, no one was injured. keeping troops in syria, lindsey graham praising the move. >> is right to reduce the commitment and right to have other people do more signing and pay more bills but having a small footprint behind, americans get more europeans, isis won't come back, turkey and the kurds won't go to war with each other and iran and russia won't benefit from a hasty withdrawal. this was a smart decision. shannon: the president faced backlash after announcing a

complete troop withdrawal in december and he agrees 100% with lawmakers, some troops should stay in syria. working to syria, kevin cork has more the president's new initiative to prevent veteran suicide. >> the focus of the prevention initiative, a program looking to decrease the number of veteran suicides by boosting outreach using grants to community programs, to help our wounded warriors. >> our mission is to mobilize every level of american society, to save the lives of our great veterans and support our heroes in need. >> reporter: donald from creating the program. they can border on tuesday that will establish a grand system similar to existing va housing programs providing funds to state and local veterans groups and also

create guidelines to coordinate research on suicide across multiple agencies. the program is part of a broader administration effort for suicide among veterans. veterans take their lives each day in 14 of those under va care. and highlights the need for improved outreach. >> so many veterans are not in the system, 20 million veterans in america, only 9 million are in. we need to do a better job bringing them in and public awareness is the key. >> reporter: the outreach will begin with reunion events with high casualty rates. that will start in early april with the 82nd airborne. at the white house i am kevin cork, fox news. jillian: house democrats postpone a vote to condemn anti-semitism after pressure from progressives. we told you about this resolution seen as a response to minnesota democrat omar's anti-israel comments with a

handful of far left democrats defended omar as party leaders worked out resolutions telling fox news it will include other forms of dissemination like anti-muslim bias. the vote is expected this week. congresswoman omar avoided reporters tuesday racing past them with her cell phone and her year. congresswoman rashida tlaib will join protesters calling for donald trump's impeachment. two advocacy groups tell the hill there will be remarks on the, quote, need to address the crisis presented by donald trump's administration. protesters will head to the office of an unnamed lawmaker. top democrats are urging members to stop impeachment calls until the mueller russia probe is released. michael cohen on capitol hill as it is revealed his attorney tried securing a presidential

pardon after the fbi raided his home. 's attorney barely approached donald trump to discuss the possibility. for the president's team, shot the idea down. :who is sentenced to 3 years in prison will testify behind closed doors today. the former trump attorney testified last week against his former boss. today christians all around the world celebrate ash wednesday, one of the holiest days of the year marking the beginning of lent, 6-week period of fasting and repentance leading up to easter. millions will receive traditional ashes on for his today and pope francis preparing in rome for mass at the basilica at 10:30 eastern time. can't believe it is almost easter. 10 minutes after the top of the are. convicted leaker chelsea manning

waging a war to avoid grand jury testimony. what do prosecutors want to know? the new questions as she heads back to court and dark money denial. alexandria ocasio cortez hitting back against allegations of missing campaign cash? how much trouble could she be in? former sec commissioner joins us live to break down the evidence.

>> there is no violation. do you think that's a sign of you taking dark money? >> know. heather: alexandria ocasio cortez facing tough questions this morning. a new fec complaint accusing them of funneling $1 million to avoid reporting funds. the expert saying they could be looking at jail time if found

guilty. the former republican commissioner, thank you for joining us. let's bring up a map of alleged a violation and explain to us what was going on, what the attempt was and what we know so far. >> in december 2017 when ocasio cortez was in the midst if people maxed out contributions to her campaign and contributed to the path that has a violation of the law, with her and her chief of staff

controlling the pack there was potentially illegal coordination between her campaign organization and the pack and merit -- may have been reporting violations, all of this not getting properly reported to the fec. all of these are serious charges. heather: the fec is asserting they establish these two packs and from these packs they transferred money and contributions, nearly $1 million to these brand-new campaign llc and brand-new congress llc and the reason for doing that could have been because companies unlike packs, supporting expenditures among other things. >> that is right. there may have been excess contributions because at that

time she could only accept $2700 from contributors for her campaign. if the same contributors gave money to these other organizations that were used to help her get elected those are access campaign contributions. heather: could have been a workaround. could it be a case of not knowing all the ins and outs of what is allowed being she's a newcomer to the political game? and would that matter? is that a defense if you didn't know what the rules are? >> it is still a violation of the law. if they didn't realize what they were doing was illegal, the fec -- it would be a civil violation and a civil penalty but if they did this intentionally and knowingly, knowing they were even dating federal campaign finance laws that turns it into criminal violation and those are investigated not by the fec but the us justice department. heather: and she could facing jail time.

that is what it carries. >> that is exactly it. if it is intentional and knowing violation of the law you don't just pay a civil penalty, you potentially go to jail. heather: i love having you with us because i like saying your name. you know what you are talking about, thank you, appreciate you joining us, the time is 18 after the top of the hour. he called for jihad against donald trump. now going after nancy pelosi calling her a white feminist. carly shimkus has reaction to the new attacks. ♪ s. there is an emergency food crisis for elderly holocaust survivors in the former soviet union. - this is a fight against time. what we're dealing with is coming out,

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heather: attacking one of her own, linda sartor calling nancy pelosi a typical white feminist all over a resolution to condemn anti-semitism in the wake of comments by congresswoman omar. carly shimkus with fox news headlines 115 here with the online reaction. we know the resolution has been delayed and they will probably vote on thursday most likely. in response to congresswoman omar's latest round of comments that many consider anti-semitic the house decided to vote on this resolution condemning anti-semitism. that is a good idea? linda us are sore is calling on the house to condemn islamohphobia and attacked nancy pelosi saying nancy is a typical

white feminist upholding the patriarchy, doing the dirty work of powerful white men. got for been men are upset. no worries, nancy to the rescue to throw their evil. and they were also angered, reaction pouring in, and let the lefty their own. another twitter user says sounds like the marriage of dems, identity politics has its limits. she's going to get her way on this because pelosi said the resolution will condemn not only anti-semitism but also anti-muslim bias. heather: troubling that we are listening to linda far sore. in the meantime felony charges filed against a man who attacked that conservative at uc berkeley. it was troubling, that shocking video. >> the guy who was beaten up

with the young man working for conservative group turning point usa and finally the charges have been filed in this case against zachary greenberg including three felony and one misdemeanor, so music to a lot of people's ears. looks like you'll be lifting weights for a while, tough guy. another is to and user says violence is never the answer in this one coming in, this is so true, former home of free-speech, the president said he would sign an executive order promoting free-speech on college campus. heather: the victim on stage with him. the anger in that person's face is so horrible. an example of somebody not being there best and on that point milania trump on her three state

tour calling out the media over lack of opioid coverage. >> i challenge the press to devote as much time to live lost and lives that could be saved by dedicating the same amount of coverage you do to tribal stories. heather: other news stories other than one's about donald trump and that is what the first lady was talking about. finally a first lady bringing attention to real issues and another instagram post says she's right, let's get priorities straight in this country. heather: not getting a lot of coverage, glad we are doing something like that, the opioid crisis, cyber bullying, very important. we are going to talk more about the opioid crisis and a positive angle for it. 25 minutes after the top of the hour. they are being held for winning

in the fight against addiction. what is their secret. one may leading the charge when he joins us live. >> what is different? heather: aoc in the ground running to avoid hitting questions, the only confrontation you will see on fox news. ♪

heather: a look at top headlines have past the top of the hour. today the department of homeland security secretary kirstjen and testifies the warehouse democrat on the crisis at the border. this comes as newly released

numbers show 76,000 people tried to cross the border last month. border patrol officials morning this points to a border security and humanitarian crisis. donald trump in alabama as deadly tornadoes reach 23 people, 7 of those from the same family. half a dozen people are still missing. the president heads to lee county to tour the devastation. convicted liar michael cohen back on capitol hill for closed-door testimony amid new revelations that his attorney tried securing a presidential pardon after the fbi raided his home and the administration turned him down. now to fox news alert, brand-new selling images appear to show north korea strengthening its nuclear arsenal. there rebuilding a launch site days after donald trump's failed

summit with kim jong un. there are consequences of north korea does not denuclearize. >> donald trump has been clear they are not going to get relief from the crushing economic sanctions that have been imposed. heather: negotiations with north korea are expected to continue. chelsea manning could be back in court after a judge ruled manning must testify before a grand jury. the question is why manning is being subpoenaed. manning was convicted of espionage for leaking information to wikileaks. prosecutors pursuing a case against julian assange. no protests expected in the wake of the stefan clark decision. a protester jumped on top of the podium during sacrament a city council meeting earlier, california's attorney general clear two officers of any

wrongdoing. that decision coming days after the da did the same thing. both say clark stood in a shooting position with his cell phone. the city is calling for an investigation into the arrest of 80 protesters. the doj over civil rights inquiry which is common in high profile cases. the superintendent of schools in parkland, florida will keep his job. the school board voting not to fire robert one year after the high school massacre that left 14 people dead. new board member and mother of the victim is outraged. >> someone has to be accountable. there are things that led up to where we are today. heather: victims families argued he should be let go due to willful negligence of duty among other reasons.

every day, more than 130 americans die from opioid overdose, the american medical association says one status tackling the epidemic better than any other. that state, ohio. ohio judge from stark county, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> thank you for having me and hope you are staying warm. heather: let's look at what ohio is doing right, specifically stark county. ohio, the second in the nation in opioid overdose deaths. 21% decrease in opioid overdose deaths in ohio specifically in stark county, those overdose death down for a second year in a row so what is it you are doing differently. >> we are doing several things, we are using narcan, nasal spray

that reverses effects of the opioid overdose. the police department, libraries, fast food places, a lot of people go to use. the second thing is we are using a drug which is an injection that blocks the craving. we tried pilot programs and the last thing we are doing is working with public schools and private sectors. we had a contest with students of star county allowing them to create the theme so they will be posted throughout the community. heather: another thing you are doing, stark county government agencies joined with other forces within the ohio communities and you are suing the biggest pharmaceutical drug makers as well to hold them accountable. >> we are involved in the federal lawsuit that is expected to have hundreds of people. we hope the case could get settled and we use those funds locally to get more treatment and beds because we have to get more treatments that save more lives.

heather: we read a piece you wrote the talked about lock them up and throw away the key type attitude that a lot of communities tend to have but you are doing something different in stark county, it is more about treatment. >> this is affecting a number of families. lots of updates when it is over with. we need to get more treatments, get people to talk about it. 15 minutes can save a life. we need to talk to our friends and family members about the dangers of opioids. heather: the first lady is on a 3 state tour. that is one of the issues she's trying to tackle. we talk about statistics, you mentioned the families involved in this. it is more than statistics. you have this campaign, 15 minutes can save a life. explain that a little bit.

>> a lot of people afraid to talk of it because there's a negative stigma but we hold those increases in stark county and get everybody to talk about it and the more we talk about it the more we look to our friends, family members and coworkers and get them to take a look at their lives, get them away from these opioids and try to save each other's lives. heather: we cannot arrest our way out of this national health crisis. thank you for joining us. we appreciate your time this morning. important topic. donald trump makes a terminally ill man's dying wish come true. this is with a phone call. listen. >> saw a picture of you. how are you doing? how is it going? >> it is going. >> you are a champion. >> that is what the irish do. >> very proud of you. say hello to your family and sister and everybody and i will talk to you again.

heather: taking the time to do that. his sister who is a democratic politician in connecticut helped make this happen. j suffer cystic fibrosis and he received the call after donald trump heard this was his dying wish, to talk to him. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the are. with the threat of socialism more evident than ever, is the american way of life at risk in 2020? >> i campaigned on hard commitment of medicare for all, tuition free public college. >> we can't afford the prison system so we will move to medicare. heather: live to break down the policies she says are putting our freedom at risk. stay with us, good morning. ♪

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>> bernie sanders signed a pledge to run for president as a democrat. the registered independent promising to serve the party of elected. the dnc put a new rule in place saying anyone seeking the democratic nomination must be a democrat. after sandra that presidential bid in 2016. michael bloomberg will not run for president in 2020. the billionaire former mayor of new york writing an op-ed, quote, it is essential we nominated democrat who will be in the strongest position to defeat donald trump and bring the country back together. we cannot allow the primary process to drag the party to an extreme that diminish our chances in the general election. he says he thinks he could beat donald trump head to head but expressed concern about winning a crowded primary that is drifting toward the far left. speaking of that drift, socialist policies are major part of democrats 2020 platform.

what impact does the socialist shift have on the american way of life. thank you for joining us. as we begin our discussion, let's talk about the 2020 democratic contenders who declared so far and they are all seeming to align themselves with the socialist agenda. >> alexandria ocasio cortez has pushed the party so far to the left that to be a viable candidate now to win these primaries you have to be not just on the left but the far left. who is in and who is out -- that says it all. bernie sanders is the front-runner. people can't believe it but most people i talk to think he will be the nominee. he wasn't even a democrat until very recently, like yesterday. he is a self-proclaimed socialist. what does it mean for americans? polling shows people of ideas like medicare for all, the green new deal, until you say to them your taxes will go up 70%.

he will pay 4 to 5 times more for electricity what you are paying now. these programs don't work very well where implemented and a semblance of both and are wildly expensive and to your point impact our way of life. do you want someone else telling you not just what doctor to see but what services are available to you, what wait times you wonder etc. etc.. that is what you have to look forward to under medicare for all, green new deal takes over your entire life, all about control, that is what socialism is, control. heather: when you look at the polls, we have all these candidates running on socialist platform but voters view on voting for a socialist 72% say they are very uncomfortable with doing that but then turn around and look at the other pole from public opinion strategies, 77%

of democrats specifically agree the country would be better off more socialist. >> they don't really know -- there's a great paul about the american dream. 84% of americans think they accomplished the american dream or are on their way to getting there which is very positive. what is more positive is not about money but individual freedom. what do they really love about the united states, the freedom to do what you want. to be successful if you want. and see a third of their income taken away by the state defining socialist parties. people need to be informed what these policies will do to our way of life come to our freedom of choice and our country. heather: it seems people are less and less concerned about the details of it, the twitter

universe, certain number of characters and don't want to read beyond that. what is the impact on republicans running in 2020? >> very important job which is informing the electorate of what these policies look like. medicare for all, we are not the first country to think about it. in canada, most people like bernie sanders point to a system that works pretty well. the wait times on what would be a rudimentary procedure can be 10 months, up to a year. we are used to getting an mri if we need one? how about if we wait two month for an mri and have actual pain you're dealing with? people need to be informed of these things. having the government take over everything, unbelievable disruptive. heather: what is happening in venezuela. >> i don't want to go there. venezuela is such an extreme case, all the democrats would

say i'm not looking for something like that but they are. when you talk about getting rid of private health insurance which is what kamala harris and others talks about that is $1 trillion industry in the united states. imagine saying no more? it doesn't work here. people want to have choice, they want to have freedom. heather: that translates to better medical care as well if you have competition. heather: it begins somewhere. thank you so much, appreciate it. it is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. help on the horizon for millions who suffer from depression. the drug approved to treat it and look, no hands. the driver caught sleeping behind the wheel. ♪ ♪ wake me up lobster: oh, you g. there's a jet! oh...i needed this. no, i can't believe how easy it was

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heather: new hope for million to suffer depression thanks to a party drug. tracy carrasco is here to explain, great to have you with us. >> reporter: a new nasal spray was approved by the fda to fight depression. what this drug does, it has a close chemical relationship known for its strong effects on the brain, showing to be fast acting when it comes to fighting depression but it is also known as the party drug special k. very similar. that is the concern of the fda even though they are happy this could provide fast acting relief for those who might be suffering depression. they are worried about the effects. the fda says even though it pass

clinical studies it can only be administered by certified medical professional and medical office where the patient can be watched, distributed through a restricted system. that is what they are trying to do to make sure this doesn't get abused. heather: need to focus on that distribution. let's talk about chick-fil-a offering a fish sandwich for lunch. >> yesterday, ash wednesday starting the season of that, for any christians, catholics who are observing, they can enjoy chick-fil-a if they are avoiding meet. this special version of its original chicken sandwich. there it is on your screen. you can get a fish sandwich, also fish tenders. if you are not eating chicken or meat during this season you can go to chick-fil-a. heather: last easter sunday, falls on april 21st, great to have you with us.

her green new deal, replacing planes with high-speed trains but congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez just hopped on a flight to washington from new york as she defend her decision in this fox news exclusive. >> why are you flying today? >> i need to go to work. >> what is the difference between you taking a flight -- >> a couple hours of my constituents time. heather: there is a high-speed train from new york to dc that takes three hours. despite all of alexandria ocasio cortez's blunders she's one of the most popular figures in politics. senior political analyst britt hume explains why. >> whatever this is it makes a lot of news. that is why alexandria ocasio cortez for all her callousness and arguable shallowness is able to become so prominent.

she makes news and she's kind of compelling and adorable in a way a 5-year-old child can be adorable. she is at the moment fair to say the they facto leader of democrats in the house of representatives. heather: our viewers have the same sentiments about the freshman congresswoman, do as i say, not as i do. typical anthem for politicians. philip on instagram said she is a fraud. scott writing on facebook she's going to run herself out of office. taco bell saved by a hot sauce while stranded in the snow. this guy won't go hungry anytime soon. you got here about this amazing story. punxsutawney phil is wanted by police. ♪

>> and due to his religious beliefs. jack phillips, dropping state and federal litigations, last year the supreme court ruled in favor of philip the second case after he refused to bake a cake

for a same-sex wedding. he joined "fox and friends" live in the 6:00 hour. the teen who got vaccinated against his parents wishes takes his message to the nations capital, ethan lindenberg are going after the anti-vaccine movement. >> for their own gain selfishly and do so knowing their information is incorrect. with my mother was and she didn't have the information but was disbelieving it and that is part of the attack. >> he testified before senate committee that admits information tactics are dangerous. the ohio teenager story gained national praise after he made a choice to get vaccinated once he turned 18. now it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. we start with the good. the man who survived 5 days trapped in the snow by eating taco bell, getting free taco bell for a year. jeremy taylor was found alive with his dog. they were trapped in deep snow in oregon. in addition to eating the fosse

started his car periodically to stay warm. can't keep it running. up next the bad. a man caught on camera sleeping behind the wheel of his tesla. the electric car on autopilot going 75 mph down the los angeles hwy.. unclear if the man was ever pulled over and finally the ugly. punxsutawney phil wanted for crimes against nature. police and fire department across the country calling on phil to go to groundhog jail for predicting an early spring that never came. the delaware county sheriff's office putting out this wanted poster. police in middletown, ohio releasing this when describing phil as having brown eyes and carrying a little holiday weight. janice dean will know how to track him down. that wraps up his hour of "fox and friends first". have a great day. "fox and friends first" continues right now.

>> 76,000 total apprehensions in a four week month in february. the abortion community and the humanitarian crisis. jillian: it is wednesday, march 5th. coming straight from the border patrol chief, there is a growing crisis along the southern border. rob: face with real and present numbers democrats are not buying it. live in washington the length they are going to block the emergency declaration. >> tell me why you are flying today. >> because i need to go to work. rob: dc to new york, the mile high hypocrisy of aoc. jillian: the move her critics are calling just plain wrong. apparently everyone these days. rob: how you can take home your own copy of bob mueller's russia report. it is not out yet. "fox and friends first" continues right now.